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CD-1	Adyta "The Neverending Embrace"	1:27
CD-2	Sensorium	4:47
CD-3	Cry For The Moon "The Embrace That Smothers - Part IV"	6:44
CD-4	Feint Acoustic Guitar – Olaf Reitmeier	4:18
CD-5	Illusive Consensus	4:59
CD-6	Façade Of Reality "The Embrace That Smothers - Part V"	8:10
CD-7	Run For A Fall Acoustic Guitar – Olaf ReitmeierFlute – Annette Berryman	6:31
CD-8	Seif Al Din "The Embrace That Smothers - Part VI"	5:47
CD-9	The Phantom Agony	9:00
CD-10	Triumph Of Defeat (Bonus Track)	3:56
DVD-1	Epica: The Works
DVD-2	Epica: Acoustic
DVD-3	Making Of

Credits

• Alto Vocals [Choir] – Bridget Fogle (tracks: CD-1 to CD-3, CD-5 to CD-7, CD-9, CD-10), Cinzia Rizzo (tracks: CD-1 to CD-3, CD-5 to CD-7, CD-9, CD-10)
• Artwork By – Carsten Drescher
• Bass – Yves Huts
• Bass Vocals [Choir] – Melvin Edmondsen (tracks: CD-1 to CD-3, CD-5 to CD-7, CD-9, CD-10)
• Cello [Orchestra] – Cordula Rohde, Jörn Kellermann
• Double Bass [Orchestra] – André Neygenfind
• Drums, Percussion – Jeroen Simons
• Executive Producer – Hans van Vuuren
• Guitar – Ad Sluijter
• Guitar, Overtone Voice – Mark Jansen
• Liner Notes – 宮坂聖一
• Lyrics By – Mark Jansen (tracks: CD-2 to CD-4, CD-6 to CD-10), Simone Simons (tracks: CD-1, CD-5)
• Mastered By – Peter Van 't Riet
• Music By – Ad Sluijter (tracks: CD-2 to CD-10), Coen Janssen (tracks: CD-2, CD-4, CD-5, CD-7), Mark Jansen , Simone Simons (tracks: CD-2 to CD-7), Yves Huts (tracks: CD-9, CD-10)
• Photography – Angelique van Woerkom
• Producer, Recorded By, Engineer, Mixed By – Sascha Paeth
• Recorded By, Edited By [Additional] – Annie Goebel
• Recorded By, Engineer, Edited By – Olaf Reitmeier
• Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Amanda Sommerville* (tracks: CD-1 to CD-3, CD-5 to CD-7, CD-9, CD-10), Annie Goebel (tracks: CD-1 to CD-3, CD-5 to CD-7, CD-9, CD-10)
• Synthesizer, Piano – Coen Janssen
• Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Previn Moore (tracks: CD-1 to CD-3, CD-5 to CD-7, CD-9, CD-10)
• Viola [Orchestra] – David Schlage, Marie-Theres Stumpf
• Violin [Orchestra] – Andreas Pfuff, Thomas Glöckner, Tobias Rempe
• Vocals, Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Simone Simons

Notes

Recorded at the Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany, between January & March 2003.
Except the piano, recorded at the Vox Klangstudio in Hamburg, Germany, on February 19th 2003.
Mixed at the Pathway Studio, in Wolfsburg, Germany, in March & April 2003.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
TM-036	Epica	The Phantom Agony ‎(CD, Album)	Transmission Records	TM-036	Netherlands	2003
TMV-071	Epica	The Phantom Agony ‎(2xLP, Album, RE, RM, Exp)	Transmission Records	TMV-071	Netherlands	2013
SRCD-2679	Epica	The Phantom Agony ‎(CD, Album)	Evolution Music	SRCD-2679	South Korea	2003
MJCD071105	Epica	The Phantom Agony ‎(CD, Album)	G"MM' Grammy	MJCD071105	Thailand	2007
HEL1083AB	Epica	The Phantom Agony ‎(2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Exp)	Hellion Records	HEL1083AB	Brazil	2013

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